Twitter took a stance on Donald Trump and how he used his massive platform to cause chaos as President of the United States.
The social media platform went on to ban Trump following the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that resulted in many deaths. Now, Trump has reportedly asked a judge to force the platform to give his account back. Reports noted a complaint was filed this past Friday night and argued in his lawsuit that Twitter was “coerced by members of the United States Congress” to shut down his account. The legal team for Trump said, “Plaintiff Donald J. Trump respectfully moves for a preliminary injunction directing, inter alia, Defendant Twitter, Inc. and all persons acting in concert with Defendant, to reinstate Plaintiff’s access to Defendant’s social media platform(s).”
Trump reportedly had 88 million followers before Twitter banned him from their platform. The filing from the disgraced former president also said Twitter “exercises a degree of power and control over political discourse in this country that is immeasurable, historically unprecedented, and profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate.”